National Republican., 1887-03-28

into glory, but you are expecting your
children to grow up In this world. Is II
not question, then, that rings through all
the corridors, and windings,. and heights,
and depths OF your soul, what ls to be-
come of your sons and daughters for time
and eternity ? "ohl" you say, 81 mean to
see that they have good manners.n Very
we'll. ~ mean to dress them well, II /
have myself to 90 shabby.n Very good.
~ shall give them an education and shall
leave them fortune" Very we'll. But is
that all Don't you mean to take them
into the ark : Don't you know that the
storm Is coming, and that out Of Christ
there is no safety : no pardon no hopep
no heaven
How to get them in9 Go In yourself. II
Noah had staid out, do you not suppose
that his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet,
would have staid outS Your sons and daugh-
te1s will be apt to do Just as you do. Reject
Christ yourself, and, the probability is that
your children will reject Him..
An account was taken OF the religious
condition OF families In certain district.
In the family OF pious parents, ,two.thirds OF
the chill ldren were Christians. In the fam
lilies where the parents were upgodly, only
one-twelfth Of the children were Christians.
Responsible as you are for their temporal
existence, you are also responsible for their
eternity. Which way will you take them
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you ever made one earnest prayer for their
immo mortal soulsp What will you say In the
judgment, when God asks "Where is
George, or Henry, or Frank, or Mary, or
Annap Where are those precious souls
whose interests / committed into your
handsw
A dying son said to his father, "Father,
you gave me an educstion, and good man
ners, and everything that the world could
how TO die, and now my soul is going out
In the darkness"
Go home and erect family altar. You
may break down In your prayer. But never
mind, God will take what you mean,
whether you express 1t intelligibly or not.
Bring oil your house into the ark. Is there
one son whom you have given upp Is he
so dissipated that you have stopped coun-
selling and prsylDg9 Give him upP How
dare you give him up9 Did God ever give
thee upY While thou hast single articu
lation of speech left, cease not to pray for
the return Of that prodigsl. He may even
now be standing ON the beach at Hong Kong
or Madras, meditatiDg return to his
fathers house. Give him upp Never give
him up. Has God promised to hear thy
prayer only to mock thee2 1t is not too
| late.
In st. Paul's, London, there is whisper.
| ing gallery. A voice uttered most feebly
at one side of the gallery is heard distinct.
lively at the opposite side, great distance
off. So, every word OF earnest prayer goes
all around the earth, and makes heaven a
to sit down, but to stand in the door, and
call until all the family come in. Aged
Noah, where is Japhet David, where is
| Absalon9 Hannah, where Is Samuel ?
Bring them in through Christ the door.
Would 1t not be pleasant to spend eternity
with our familiesP Gladdei than Christ
mas or Thanksgiving festival will be the
reunion, II we get all our family into the
ark. Which Of them can we spare out OF
heavenP
| On one Of the late steamers there were a
father and two daughters journeying. They
seemed extremely poor. A benevolent
gentleman stepped up to the poor man to
pioffer some form of relief and said
"You seem to be very poor, sir" Poor
man than me a troubling the world, God
pity both of us! 81 will take one Of ycui
children, and adopt 1t, II you say say SO.
think 1t would be great relief to you
"a whats" said the poor man. "a relief.h
"Would 1t be relief to have the hands
chopped off from the body, or the hear
torn from the breast A relief, indeed
sir?''
However many children we may have, We
have none to give up. Which, of our fami
lies, can we afford to spare out of heaven
Come, father! Come, mother! Come, son
Come, daughter! Come, brother! Come
sister! Only one step, and we are In. Christ
the door, swings out to admit us; and It Il
not the hoarseness of stormy blast tina
you hear, but the voice of a loving an,
patient God that addresses you, saying
"Come thou and all thy house into the ark.
And there may the Lord shut us in.